Improvement in trunks



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Improvement in Trunks FABLIAA HN- S-g 119,

PATENT QEEIGE HENRY SAXON FARLEY, OF SING SING, NEW YORK.

' IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,341, dated September 26, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownl that I, HENRY SAXON FAELEY, of Sing Sing, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bureau-Trunk 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

Figure l represents a front elevation of my improved bureau trunk, showing it set up as a bureau. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same on the line c c, Fig. 1. Fig; 3 isa vertical transverse section of the same, showing it as a trunk.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This inventionrelates to a new trunk of such construction that it can be converted into a bureau having all necessary appendages. It consists of a peculiar arrangement of drawers whereby a bureau of convenient construction is produced, and in the application of a mirror-frame, which can be concealed within the trunk and folded out to stand upon the bureau.

A B are the two parts of the trunk. The

lower part or body A is as large as the upper part or cover B. The two parts are hinged together at a, and locked, when closed, as in Fig. 3, by suitable means. The body A contains ver tical partitions b b, between which drawers d d, are placed. Similar partitions c c, are arranged vertically in the cover for holding drawers f. When the trunk is closed the drawers are all in a vertical position. When the cover is opened it swings clear back to bring its upper face in line with the bottom of the body A. The latter is then turned to rest on what was the front face of the trunk, while the bottom of the trunk will be on the back. A bureau is thus produced, the drawers being all in horizontal positions, convenient to be drawn out. The parts A B being of equal size it follows that their fronts will be flush, as shown-in Fig. 2, so that the bureau will be complete. Casters are affixed to the bottom and back 0f the trunk-body so that the bureau will be supported on casters as well as the trunk.

C is a mirror fitted into a cavity left in the top B between the drawers. D D are two rods pivoted to the top B above and respectively at the ends of 'such cavity. When the bureau is put up the rods D are swung out of the cavity and stood upright, and the mirror then drawn ont and pivoted to them, as at g. The mirror is thus supported above the top of the bureau. When the bureau is to be folded up into a trunk, the mirror is let down into the cavity, and then the rods D are folded over it to close the cavity and be out of the way, as is clearly shown in Fig. 5.

Havingthus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The bureau-trunk composed of the equal parts A B, containing drawers, respectively, said drawers being in vertical positions within the trunk, but horizontal in the bureau, as specied.

2. The mirror C and folding-rods D D, connected with the upper partB of the bureau-trunk, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

HENRY S. FARLEY.

Witnesses:

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